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OCHA Operations Director John Ging called on Monday for a greater response to the “dire humanitarian situation” affecting millions of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This year alone, violence by armed groups including the M23 has led to massive displacement and abuses...

Twenty-two-year-old Alice Furaha was five months’ pregnant when she fled her home in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in May. This year, fighting between the Government and rebel groups has forced hundreds of thousands of Congolese to flee to neighbouring countries.
When Alice...

Decades of conflict, massive displacement, chronic poverty and food insecurity affect millions of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The number of people displaced by violence in the vast Central African country has risen by more than 25 per cent to 2.24 million people since the...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF have received a total of US$1.75 million from humanitarian funds managed by OCHA and the UN Development Programme to help prevent and contain an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The deadly disease, which killed some 250...

The UN Humanitarian Chief, Valerie Amos, called today for more support for Congolese communities affected by conflict and displacement, at the end of a four-day mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda.
In Eastern DRC’s North Kivu Province, nearly a quarter of a...